Rich Jones give a verse to the Chicago Mothman + more tricks and treats
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 3
Issue of Oct. 26 – Nov. 1, 2017
Posted inBlogs
Toastamania: Halloween Havok collides rowdy bands and gonzo wrestling for the wildest show of the season
Chicago thrash band Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre headline the latest of their Toastamania debacles this Saturday in Pilsen.
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The Mothman cometh? My friend thinks he may have encountered Chicago’s new monster
My friend Jeff saw something big flying over Lake Street this summer. Was it the Chicago Mothman?
Posted inFilm
Inside the sanatorium that produced outsider artist Henry Darger
With Revolutions of the Night, documentary maker Mark Stokes uncovers the childhood trauma that inspired the controversial fabulist.
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The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
Posted inFilm
Studies in repressed sexuality: Lon Chaney’s The Unknown and Boris Karloff’s The Old Dark House
Two psychologically loaded horror classics return for Halloween.
Posted inNews & Politics
A longtime Playboy editor on working for Hugh Hefner
“It wasn’t about the models for me. The mystique of the world I was living in was the writers,” says Barbara Nellis.
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Cooking with a hard-to-find Peruvian pepper
Challenged to create a dish with aji amarillo, a South American pepper, chef Joshua Marrelli of Bakersfield Wood-Fired Grill experiments with every version he can find.
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Happy Death Day isn’t just a horror movie, it’s a kids’ movie
The latest from Blumhouse Productions is surefire hit with teen and preteen viewers.
Posted inArts & Culture
Behind the gory scenes of Splatter Theater
The Annoyance’s savagely funny 30-year-old slasher spoof is a triumph of a certain schlocky stagecraft.
Posted inArts & Culture
Arnie the Doughnut, Tangles and Plaques, and 11 more new stage shows to see
A delightful kids’ show and a Neo-Futurist’s look at dementia are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inNews & Politics
For some youths, ‘minor’ offenses lead to major sentences in adult prison
Cases threaten to undermine Illinois’s efforts at juvenile justice reform.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rahm’s budget speech filled with whoppers and half-truths
The mayor did what he does best: avoid reality and praise himself.
Posted inFood & Drink
Land & Lake Kitchen muddles midwestern cuisine
Mom and pop would scoff at the regional cliches of LM Restaurant Group’s new spot at the LondonHouse Hotel.
Posted inArts & Culture
Theater Oobleck invites you to enter a real hall of horrors
It’s housing insecurity that haunts this Humboldt Park home.